Gateway NV5423U 15.6, Intel Pentium D, 4GB Ram, 320GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 Home Premium

by Gateway

Product Details

• Item Weight: 9.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9.2 pounds
• ASIN: B002QQ3XB4
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,642 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 1, 2009

Product Description

Intel Pentium T4300 2.10GHz Processor

1MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB

4096MB DDR2 Dual-Channel 667MHz RAM

320GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

15.6" HD Widescreen Ultrabright LED-backlit Display (1366x768 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio)

Integrated Webcam

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M with up to 1695MB of Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology 5.0

SuperMulti DVDR/RW Drive with Double Layer

802.11b/g/Draft-N Wi-Fi CERTIFIED

10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port)

56K ITU V.92 ready Fax/Modem (RJ-11 port)

Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader: SD, MMC, MS, MS Pro, xD

High-Definition Audio Support and 2nd Generation Dolby Sound Room Audio Enhancement

Two Built-in Stereo Speakers and Built-in Microphone

Multi-Gesture Touchpad (Circular-motion scrolling, pinch-action zoom, page flip)

Interfaces: 4 x USB 2.0, Headphone/Speaker/Line-Out Jack with S/PDIF, Microphone-in Jack, VGA, HDMI, Ethernet RJ-45,

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Nice Quality and Features, March 6, 2010

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Marcia White "M. White" (NotQuiteMayberry, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gateway NV5423U 15.6, Intel Pentium D, 4GB Ram, 320GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 Home Premium (Personal Computers)

First, a clarification. The Amazon web page says it's a NV5435u and if you read down further, it says the model is NV5423u. The 5435 model is the blue cover version while the 5423 has a cherry red cover; that's the difference - the product specs are the same otherwise as far as I can tell. I needed a new laptop with a bigger screen and when first searching, I thought I should be able to find a 15" screen or so at a lower price, considering how PC prices have dropped over time. That didn't pan out, I ended up in the $450+ price range. I chose this one as it offers a nice 15.6" widescreen, has alot of RAM and disk space and another feature I wanted was the HDMI-out connection so I can plug this directly into my HDTV.

Once I got the laptop, I was very pleasantly surprised with the crispness of the display as compared to my Toshiba Satellite that's a few years old and also to my IBM Thinkpad from the office. This Gateway screen at the default resolution has the sharpness you get with high-definition TV. The difference in the display quality is very obvious - and I used to think my other laptops had very nice screen quality, but now they pale in comparison. Speaker quality is very good. I also like the keyboard, it's crisp, does not have that cheap feel to it and contains a numeric keypad, which I like. My other laptops have Windows XP Pro, which I like and I'm always skeptical about the need for Microsoft to develop a new operating system, but the Windows 7 on here is quick to boot up and is user friendly. The messages that pop up are a bit more straightforward and complete.

The Gateway Games console is installed on it with a number of Wild Tangent games. It was disappointing to find that my Trend Micro Internet Security software found the Cryp_Mangled virus in about 100 of the files related to these games. I got rid of all of the games in the console, even the few that didn't come up with a virus. Internet research indicated Wild Tangent has said that there's just some code in some files that looks like a virus, but isn't - other info on the internet says Wild Tangent is spyware. To be on the safe side, I got rid of it all , rescanned and the PC is fine. Gateway would be best off not pre-loading this on their machines. It sounds like a number of computer manufacturers preload this particular game package on their machines. Overall, I'm very happy with this purchase and highly recommend this impressive laptop.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best bang for the buck laptop, December 17, 2009

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Dustin L. Sawyer "navysupra" (Virginia Beach, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gateway NV5423U 15.6, Intel Pentium D, 4GB Ram, 320GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 Home Premium (Personal Computers)

My last Gateway laptop was great, so I replaced it with this one. I'm very happy with almost everything about it. It's the cheapest laptop with 4 gigs of ram, high def capability, number pad, N wireless, and an LED-LCD screen. These specs cost $260 more at most places. My only small gripes are with a shared memory video card (but it's 1024mb), the mouse pad buttons are hard to get used to, and typing is more difficult because the number pad is integrated into the keyboard. I love the function buttons above the keyboard, but didn't realize they were buttons at first, and the awesome mouse pad. I have recommended this laptop to a lot of my friends and will continue to do so.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love my new laptop, March 15, 2010

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Melissa "G" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gateway NV5423U 15.6, Intel Pentium D, 4GB Ram, 320GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 Home Premium (Personal Computers)

I purchased this a couple of months ago and i have to say that i love it. It's fast and easy to use. It was between this and an hp with the exact same specs but the hp was $100 more. Anyone that i've spoken to that has a gateway laptop have had no complaints. I'm really happy with my purchase and if all continues to go well, my next laptop will also be a gateway.